Chinese vendors’ code-switching in service encounters in Sarawak, Malaysia

The study examined the language of service encounters in a bakery operated by Chinese vendors in a Foochow-dominant town in Malaysia. Naturally occurring data of 100 service encounters were digitally recorded (83 with Chinese customers and 17 with non-Chinese customers). In intraethnic interactions,...

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Main Authors: Lau, Yih-Long, Ting, Su Hie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sabah Press 2003
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/17471/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/17471/1/Chinese%20vendors%E2%80%99%20code-switching%20in%20service%20%28abstract%29.pdf